Are their any organizations taking steps to safeguard workers health and safety?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a leader in defending worker’s rights and much legislation over a formal standard has taken place. The history begins back in 1990, when Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole called for developing rules to reduce repetitive stress injuries. For 10 long years of debating and formulating a standard, with testimonials from many employees suffering from MSD’s a standard was formed in January. President Clinton endorsed this standard, however, congress saw it as a threat to small businesses. In March 2001, via the congressional review act (CRA) the standard was vetoed and President Bush is expected to sign the repeal. All is not lost, however, because the Bush Administration agrees these issues cannot be ignored. Dr. Richard A. Levinson, associate executive director of the American Public Health Association, said: It’s quite inevitable that there will be new regulations someday. You can’t walk away from an estimated 1.8 million injuries a
